Firmly established as Africa’s carriers’ carrier, award-winning capacity wholesaler WIOCC provides international and African telcos and ISPs with unrivalled high-speed, resilient and diverse capacity into, within and out of Africa. In November 2012 (at Africa Com), WIOCC won the Best Pan-African Initiative Award for building an unparalleled, diversity-ri...
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Job Objective: Provide legal advice to all parts of the business – full in-house function: supporting all day-to-day business operations and any business development initiatives
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Support Sales Function
Contracts: Prepare and negotiate all sales contracts based on standard WIOCC documentation including: NDAs; ITPs; MSAs; SLAs; SOFs - Development and maintenance of standard form contracts
Negotiate and assist with finalisation and execution of provisioning contracts relating to all areas of the business including:
Local tails
Capacity purchase/restoration agreements
IT Software and hardware purchase/lease agreements
Property related agreements
Consultancy agreements
Agency agreements
Supporting and advising on any business development initiatives, e.g. Partnerships, potential network acquisition projects and corporate/asset acquisition projects; preparation and negotiation of all documentation relating to cable investment projects
Support all bids - review and preparation of bid documentation
Supporting the business functions including:
Sales and Provisioning
Business Development
Minimum Qualifications
In-house or Private Practice
Minimum 2 years PQE experience preferred
Experience & Skills
Telecoms experience preferred
Strong technical legal skills
Team player
Good communicator – culturally sensitive
Ability and confidence to take decisions reflecting the legal risk in the context of the commercial deal
Sound commercial judgment and understanding
Confidence in managing and advising on a wide variety of legal matters
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